Otis Smith

After a vintage playoff performance this week with the Houston Rockets, Dwight Howard looked like the same old Dwight Howard who turned the Magic into a contender. But Dwight says in a wide-ranging interview with the Bleacher Report that he's a new man, a changed man. Perhaps he's matured and gained a perspective that comes with age. After all, Dwight will turn 30 in December. (My, how time flies or — if you're a Magic fan the last three Howard-less seasons — crawls.) "We can all change and become better, and that's where I'm at," Howard says. He regrets some of the things he said while with the Magic. Like when he talked about needing...

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